Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995)
Title of song: Dreaming Of You
Date/year: July 18,1995
Musician: Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Why I like this song: The reason I like this song is because it's catchy and has a nice tone to it. I also like how
it comes on and the beat of it when it gets to the chorus. Also I like this song because it was out on the year I was born and any song out that year is cool, to me.
This article is about six African Americans suing the City of Beverly Hills and the Police Chief. The reason that they are suing the Police Chief, the Mayor, and the Councilwoman is because they ignored several written and oral complaints about being mistreatment. Many African American families have been singled out because of the color of their skin. A plaintiff, who is a man at a local church said that he had pulled up in a parking lot and a police officer stop him and put a gun toward the man head. He then told him to don't move or he will shoot him when the man didn't do anything wrong. The 72 page complaint said that police officers have been randomly stopping African American males.
Beverly Hills City Attorney said that the city's policy has always been equal of civil rights. Another plaintiff said that her two sons where riding their bikes when a squad car stop them and searched them. They then warned them to get home because there is was curfew and that no one was to be outside after 10 pm. And after that incident people have been afraid to let their kids ride their bikes and walk outside. They aren't afraid of the thieves and muggers, they are afraid of the police. A football player said that he have been stopped by police at least 20 times in the last 18 months because the police kept stopping him saying that he matched the description of a robber. A former mayor of Beverly Hills said that people have the right to walk around the streets and to ride their bikes. And all that the people are asking for is to be treated like everyone else.
I think that what happened in Beverly Hills is crazy because who would think that a squad car would stop little kids to see if they have something illegal on them just because they are African American. I have seen many police stop people for many reasons but never have I seen a cop who stop someone because of their race. I think that police in Beverly Hills need to stop for a second and put themselves in the shoes of the people that they are harassing because they don't want to be treated the way they are treating others. Also I think that ignoring the complaints about being mistreated is just plain rude because those complaints could have been really important and needed to be handled right away. Questions: * Who won this case, the police men or the six African Americans? * How long have the police been acting racist?(Was it going on for years or did it just start?) * Why didn't the people in Beverly Hills send a complaint to the president?
Date/year: July 18,1995
Musician: Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Why I like this song: The reason I like this song is because it's catchy and has a nice tone to it. I also like how
it comes on and the beat of it when it gets to the chorus. Also I like this song because it was out on the year I was born and any song out that year is cool, to me.
NEW YORK TIMES-
Title of article: Several Blacks Sue Beverly Hills, Asserting Bias by the Police
Date: November 26,1995
Author: Kenneth B. Noble
Summary:
This article is about six African Americans suing the City of Beverly Hills and the Police Chief. The reason that theyare suing the Police Chief, the Mayor, and the Councilwoman is because they ignored several written and oral complaints
about being mistreatment. Many African American families have been singled out because of the color of their skin. A plaintiff,
who is a man at a local church said that he had pulled up in a parking lot and a police officer stop him and put a gun toward the
man head. He then told him to don't move or he will shoot him when the man didn't do anything wrong. The 72 page complaint
said that police officers have been randomly stopping African American males.
Beverly Hills City Attorney said that the city's policy has always been equal of civil rights. Another plaintiff said that her two sons where
riding their bikes when a squad car stop them and searched them. They then warned them to get home because there is was curfew and
that no one was to be outside after 10 pm. And after that incident people have been afraid to let their kids ride their bikes and walk outside.
They aren't afraid of the thieves and muggers, they are afraid of the police. A football player said that he have been stopped by police at least
20 times in the last 18 months because the police kept stopping him saying that he matched the description of a robber. A former mayor of
Beverly Hills said that people have the right to walk around the streets and to ride their bikes. And all that the people are asking for is to be treated
like everyone else.
I think that what happened in Beverly Hills is crazy because who would think that a squad car would stop little kids to see if they have something
illegal on them just because they are African American. I have seen many police stop people for many reasons but never have I seen a cop who stop
someone because of their race. I think that police in Beverly Hills need to stop for a second and put themselves in the shoes of the people that they
are harassing because they don't want to be treated the way they are treating others. Also I think that ignoring the complaints about being mistreated
is just plain rude because those complaints could have been really important and needed to be handled right away.
Questions:
* Who won this case, the police men or the six African Americans?
* How long have the police been acting racist?(Was it going on for years or did it just start?)
* Why didn't the people in Beverly Hills send a complaint to the president?